Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Anglo Saxon
What sort of York emerged after the...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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After The Romans
The period of York's history from 40...
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Tudor Troubles
Richard III had been a friend to Yor...
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Industrialisation
In the latter half of the 19th centu...
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- New Shopping Centres
- Bone Trial Piece
- The Black Death
- The York Helmet
- Military Belt Fitting
- First World War York
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Soup Toureen with Horse Handle
- Central Methodist Chapel
- Barley Hall
- Bronze weights
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers' Almshouse
- The Railway Institute
- The Medieval Castle
- King Richard III and York
- Aldwark Synagogue
- Bones of a Roman Combatant